Ian MacDonald

Ian MacCormick (known by the pseudonymIan MacDonald; 3 October 1948 – 20 August 2003) was a British music critic and author, best known for both Revolution in the Head, his critical history of the Beatles which borrowed techniques from art historians, and The New Shostakovich, a study of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. MacDonald was instrumental in popularising Nick Drake during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Biography

MacDonald briefly attended King's College, Cambridge, at first to study English, then Archaeology and Anthropology. He dropped out after a year. While at Cambridge, he was distantly acquainted with the singer/songwriter Nick Drake. From 1972 to 1975 he served as assistant editor at the NME. MacDonald began a songwriting collaboration as lyricist with Quiet Sun, which included his brother Bill MacCormick and future Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera. The collaboration resumed in the late 1970s, with MacDonald providing lyrics for the album Listen Now. Later, Brian Eno assisted MacDonald in producing Sub Rosa, an album of his songs released on Manzanera's label.

MacDonald returned to teaching at Colonel Gray High School before retiring in the early 2000s. Following the electoral victory of Robert Ghiz in the 2007 general election, MacDonald was appointed Executive Assistant to the Premier.

Early life

He was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and was a solicitor before entering politics. He was also a Councillor in the Burdekin Shire Council 1979–90. He was Vice-President of the Liberal Party in Queensland from 1987 to 1990.

Early political career

In 1992, Macdonald was appointed to the Opposition Shadow Ministry under Liberal leader John Hewson as Shadow Minister for Local Government and the Australian Capital Territory. In 1994, following Alexander Downer's accession to the party leadership, MacDonald was given the positions of Shadow Minister for Regional Development and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and continued to serve at these positions under Opposition leader John Howard.

Ian Macdonald (New South Wales politician)

Ian Michael Macdonald (born 7 March 1949), a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1988 to 2010 representing the Australian Labor Party. Between 2003 and 2010, Macdonald held a range of ministerial responsibilities in the Carr, Iemma, Rees, and Keneally ministries. Macdonald, who joined the Labor Party in 1972, had his membership of the party terminated in 2013 for bringing the party into disrepute. After the Independent Commission Against Corruption found that Macdonald acted in a corrupt manner, in November 2014 it was announced that following advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions, Macdonald will be prosecuted for the offence of misconduct in public office for corruptly issuing of lucrative mining licences at Doyles Creek in the Hunter Valley.

Early career and background

Raised as one of five children by his mother in a single parent household, Macdonald graduated from La Trobe University with a Bachelor of Arts(honours) in history and worked for the Australian Council of Overseas Aid, and a range of Commonwealth and State government agencies before his election to parliament in 1988.

Ian MacDonald (architect)

Ian MacDonald, studied architecture at the University of Waterloo and graduated in 1978 from Carleton University. He worked for Ronald Thom at the Thom Partnership, where he developed a foundation for his own approach to site, structure and the importance of landscape in architecture. In 1984 he established the firm of Ian MacDonald Architect, best known for its residential projects.

Annie Laurie (1913)

Plot: The girl's father wants her to marry her rich suitor, but she loves the poor one. One evening, both young men are calling on the girl. Her father is all attention to the rich fellow. The girl puts a record into the phonograph and she and her sweetheart sit back in the shadows as "Annie Laurie" is played. The father's face softens; he sees himself a young man courting his sweetheart back in the early sixties. The Civil War breaks: he goes off in a Union uniform, carrying a knot of ribbon from the girl, and the last thing he remembers is her voice singing the old familiar "Annie Laurie." He is wounded and taken to the house of a Southern girl who cares for him and sends for the Northern girl and her father. When they arrive he does not know them, until the girl, inspired by a sudden thought, kneels at his bedside and sings "Annie Laurie" to him. Then he remembers and they are soon in close embrace. At this point in his dream the old man awakens. The phonograph is still playing "Annie Laurie." The young lovers, in their dim corner, are oblivious to all but themselves. Remembering the days of his own romance, the father suggests to the rich suitor that they leave the young pair alone.

Macdonald, Ian Filmography

Famous quotes by Ian Macdonald:

"I don't think Barnaby's advice is needed or will be heeded,"

"There are 31 crew on board the Taruman of Chilean, Ukrainian, Russian, Peruvian and Spanish nationality,"

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"The scientific consensus is that the end of continuous ice in the summer months is within the human horizon — 50 years, 70 years, 30 years. In recorded history, we've never had that, so this is a new era. It will have enormous consequences."

"This boarding on the high seas was done on the express permission of the Cambodian government, the flag state of the vessel,"

"We do clearly want to send a message to would-be illegal operators that it is simply not worth your while to come into Australian waters and fish illegally,"

"Those investigations will continue and if the evidence is there they'll be charged and brought before the courts in Darwin,"

"Until that happens the crews will be held in Darwin facilities or if appropriate taken to Baxter in South Australia or Perth."

Three decades after the Cold War ended without a long-feared nuclear cataclysm, arms control experts are starting to think the sigh of relief heard around the world then might have been premature. In recent weeks Russian fighter aircraft intercepted U.S. strategic bombers and surveillance planes over the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean, in one case risking a midair collision ... satellites ... Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin ... ....

WASHINGTON - Thousands of protesters marched in Washington on Saturday as rallies across the United States to protest the killing of a black man in Minneapolis police custody enter the 12th day and officials move to rein in law enforcement tactics. George Floyd, 46, died on May 25 in Minneapolis after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes ... capital. Local media has predicted tens of thousands will attend ... Capitol ... ....

In India's major attempt to peacefully resolve the month-long border conflict with China in Eastern Ladakh, the two countries have reportedly agreed to settle the standoff in accordance with various bilateral agreements. Taking to Twitter on Sunday, June 7, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the military and diplomatic dialogue between India and China will continue to resolve the situation in eastern Ladakh ... Explained ... ....

Tens of thousands of peaceful protesters rallied for racial justice Saturday in the United States and across the world following the death of George Floyd, as the movement triggered by his killing at police hands entered a second weekend ... “This fight has been happening for many, many decades, hundreds of years, and at this point it’s time for a change,” said Washington native ChristineMontgomery ... "> ... ‘I can’t go in’ ... ">. “It’s very hard....